| Description | Minutes and Papers of the British Psychological Society Standing Committee on Publications Business SubCommittee which discussed publishing projects, roles, marketing and practical publishing matters.
Terms of Reference 12 December 1977
[First meeting minutes in BPS/001/12/04/01/04/01 - also some early papers in BPS/001/12/04/01/04/03 Correspondence 1980-1983]
[2nd meeting] 3 November 1978 Minutes only
2 February 1979 Minutes only
20 April 1979 Minutes only
8 June 1979 Agenda, Minutes and Proposal for conference and book on Social Psychology, taping conferences, world wide journals sales breakdown
12-13 September 1979 Agenda, Minutes, draft, proposed book on counselling and change in interpersonal skills, Journal subscriptions report; proposal archival book on Galton;
9 November 1979 Agenda, Minutes, draft, splitting British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology; British Journal of Psychology status report; proposed Galton book; proposed book 'Biological Foundations of Personality and Activity';
18 December 1979 Working notes and minutes, reprinting of 'Models of Man'; Welsh Branch conference 'Psychology and the Law'
12 February 1980 Minutes, Working Notes and paper on China mission, American Psychological Association publications order forms;
29 March 1980 Minutes and working notes including production delays for Models of Man, marketing agreement proposals, proposed May Davidson festschrift; sales of 'Distribution Free Methods for Non-Parametric Problems: A Classified and Selected Bibliography'; journal subscriptions, Splitting of the British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology; use of 'Social Psychology Laboratory Manual' for O and A Levels;
19 September 1980, Minutes, notes, Journal status report; promotion activity report 1980/1981, report on visit to the American Psychological Association and US Special Libraries Association, programme for BPS Developmental Psychology Section Conference 'Language, Communication and Understanding'; proposal and estimate for printing Careers in Personnel Management guide, Bulletin abstracts and supplement costs;
18 December 1980 Agenda, minutes, Psychology and Science Fiction book proposal; Psychology of Human Psychology book proposal;
20 February 1981 Agenda, minutes, special issues; notes and schedule for new Journal of Developmental Psychology;
10 April 1981 Minutes. 'Careers in Personnel Management' [Division of Occupational Psychology booklet', 'Careers in Educational Psychology' booklet [to be updated];
5 June 1981 Agenda, minutes, papers - Journal operations 1980, Journal renewals, book sales; exchanges, special issues, publication of conference proceedings; proposal taking over of Psychology Survey series; British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology summary of promotional activities for 1981 the year of the split, promotional activities for Journal of Occupational Psychology; promotional plan for new British Journal of Developmental Psychology; book proposals for Psychology for Professional Groups Series 'Psychology for the Legal Practice' and 'Psychology for Design Professionals';
16 October 1981 Agenda, minutes, notes, correspondence and papers includes books sales report, costings for J Tizard memorial publication, book proposal 'Psychology and Science Fiction', proposals for Psychology for Professional Groups Series 'Psychology for the Legal Practice, 'Psychology for Police Officers' and 'Psychology for Design Professionals'; proposal for 'Personality as Revealed in Literature in the Age of Science', proposed publication of Proceedings of Annual Merseyside Course in Clinical Psychology; 'Lawyers and Psychologists - The Way Forward [Issued in Criminological and Legal Psychology No 1' - proceedings of Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology Conference; proposal 'Psychological Plums and Discoveries';
21 December 1981 Agenda, minutes, notes, papers includes progress reports; book proposal 'Psychology for Design Professionals', 'Psychology for Police Officers', 'Psychology for the Legal Psychology', British Journal of Developmental Psychology; promotional activity; British Journal of Educational Psychology subscription price; 'Psychologies in Science Fiction'; Journal Special Issues; Psychological Survey IV; promotion at the International Congress of Applied Psychology; microfiche editions of BPS Journals; North American distribution; international distribution;
29 January 1982 Agenda, minutes, notes, papers includes report on Journal subscriptions, Jack Tizard memorial publication, Psychological Survey, 'Psychological Plums and Discoveries', 'Psychologies in Science Fiction'; proposed British Journal of the History and Philosophy of Psychology';
11 March 1982 Agenda, minutes includes proposed Psychology Teachers Handbook and Annual Review request for members discount arrangement;
27 May 1982 Agenda, minutes, notes, papers includes book sales report; North American marketing; book proposals 'Psychology in the 1980's'; taking over Psychology Survey; Recent Statistics for Psychologists', 'Psychology for Teachers Handbook'; journal prices, extra pages for Journal of Occupational Psychology; report on overseas marketing and distribution (David Clarke Associates), Australian Trade Mission.
30 September 1982 Agenda, minutes, papers includes subscriptions report, book sales 'Psychology Teachers Handbook' proposal, 'Learning in Action The Family Tree'; 'Fear, Pain and Prevention of Dental Disease...' proposal; proposal 'Psychology Survey Cognitive Psychology'; proposed German distributor; possible cooperation with Open University Press; book publishing review and restructure of Standing Committee on Publications.
20 December 1982 Minutes and notes of meeting with Editors of Psychology for Professional Groups Series.
21 January 1983 Agenda, minutes and correspondence includes book proposal 'Psychology in the 1980s', changes to 'Psychology and Management'' proposed series 'Applications of Psychology'; book proposal 'Psychology in the Education of Adults'; report on Australia trade mission; Standing Committee on Publications draft terms of reference;
14 March 1983 [final meeting] Agenda, minutes and papers includes book sales report, 'Psychologies in Science Fiction'; proposal journal on assessment and selection; proposed 'Information Sources in Psychology'; proposed Psychology for Professional Group 'Juvenile Delinquents'; text of 'Careers in Clinical Psychology', and new structure for Committee. |
| AdminHistory | The Standing Committee on Publications Business SubCommittee was formed when the BPS took publishing inhouse in 1978-1979. |